The best hiring I've done, and been a part of, has had 2 very clear features: 1. The expectations and details in the job were specific to the actual exact role

The best hiring I've done, and been a part of, has had 2 very clear features: 1. The expectations and details in the job were specific to the actual exact role I would be filling and were clearly laid out in the job posting. 2. The "interview" was really just a single long conversation on those specific details and a discussion over whether I fit them and can show/discuss examples of how I fit them. A lot of hiring nonsense is because the actual job requirements and posting is so generic as to be practically meaningless, so you create these pointless hoops to jump through in order weed out an individual from a pool of other generic individuals. The actual employee you pick ends up simply being really good at jumping through hoops rather than a good hire for the specific role. Crazy multi-step hiring processes just seem like selecting for endurance over any ability as a future employee.